Jimmy Cliff

The Honourable Jimmy Cliff OM born James Chambers 1 April 1948 is a Jamaican ska and reggae singer musician and actor He is the only currently living musician to hold the Order of Merit the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as Sitting in Limbo You Can Get It If You Really Want and Many Rivers to Cross from the soundtrack to The Harder They Come which helped popularize reggae across the world and his covers of Cat Stevens Wild World and Johnny Nashs I Can See Clearly Now from the film Cool Runnings Outside of the reggae world he is probably best known for his film appearance in The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimmy Cliff licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia